Understanding SBOM Merge Strategies: A Complete Guide
Hey SBOM enthusiasts 👋, If your organization is dealing with multiple SBOMs and you’re wondering how to combine them into a single Unified SBOM Document, you’re not alone. Merging SBOMs sounds simple in theory, just combine the files, but in practice, it’s not that straightforward. One of the challenges is that those SBOMs can come from very different sources: platform-specific builds, multi-service architectures, microservices, or scan results that need enriching. Each source calls for a different way of merging. Without the right strategy, you end up with duplicate components, broken dependency chains, or SBOMs that simply don’t validate. ...